CityU Macau Held Ceremony for Conferment of Higher Degrees Urged Graduates to Pursue Lifelong Learning and Give Back to Society
The City University of Macau held its 2020/2021 Ceremony for Conferment of Higher Degrees at the Cultural Centre on Taipa campus this afternoon. The ceremony, comprising the two sessions for Doctoral and Master’s degrees, was held both on site and online. There were over 1800 CityU graduates this year, nearly 300 were PhD students, over 700 were Master’s Degree students and over 800 were undergraduates. The congregation for undergraduates will be held tomorrow morning (30th May) at 10.
Ao Ieong U, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Region and representative of the Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative, Hong Bo, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Youth Affairs, Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region, Counsel Zhu Xiqi, Director of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region, Iun Pui Iun, Acting Director of the Education and Youth Development Bureau, Chan Meng Kam, Council Chairman of the University, Rector Jun Liu, members of the University Foundation and members of the University Council, prominent members of society and the faculty and staff attended the ceremony. Secretary Ao Ieong U and Rector Jun Liu delivered speeches in which they encouraged graduates and gave them blessings.
Rector Liu extended his warmest congratulations to students for completing their study and thanked the SAR government and different sectors of the community for their support. He also thanked graduates for bringing vitality to CityU with passions and youthfulness. Rector Liu looked back at the times when traditions were passed on at CityU and shared the happy memories of CityU. He told graduates who were about to bid farewell to their alma mater and head towards a bright future his three expectations: first, to develop a desire for lifelong learning, always remain diligent and strive to be better; second, to combine knowledge with practice and apply what they have learnt in practice in their future expected to be full of challenges; third, always be grateful and contribute towards the harmonious development of society that strives for cooperation and mutual benefits. Rector also hoped that the students would return and visit the University frequently after graduation and care about and support the development of their alma mater.
Secretary Ao Ieong U pointed out in her speech that to achieve the goal of developing Macao into ‘one center’, ‘one platform’ and ‘one base’, to promote the appropriate diversified economic development of Macao, the SAR government had allocated resources required to promote and implement a series of talent cultivation policy, nurture a great variety of outstanding talent to cater for and promote social development with a view to enhancing the overall competitiveness of our society. Looking ahead, the SAR government would continue to support the development of CityU and other higher institutions. It hoped that CityU would leverage its unique characteristics, provide intelligence services for local urban development and governance, and strive to make greater contributions to the sustainable development of both Macao and the country by keeping up its efforts to nurture more young talent to satisfy the development needs of the country and the region.
Student representative, PhD student Zhao Qiang from the Faculty of Business, talked about how his aspiration to earn a PhD degree was fulfilled at CityU. He thanked the alma mater for providing an excellent learning environment, enabling him to broaden his international horizons during his study at CityU. He sincerely wished the alma mater better development.
The graduates were about to bid farewell to their alma mater as a bright future opened up for them. At that moment, the wonderful time of their study at CityU was captured in the precious graduation photo. Teachers were glad that the students had successfully completed their study and at the same time reluctant to see students leave the campus. Graduation both marks the end of a journey in life and signifies the beginning of another. “The past is also a prologue”. We wish the graduates all the best at the new starting point as they dare to create the future!
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